To create theranos. Doing any lab test from a tiny drop of blood from the finger. From a finger. Oh, my god, this is a rocketship. She was able to put a magic spell on people with her big, blue eyes and deep voice. The whole steve jobs look. The youngest selfmade female billionaire, magazine cover after magazine cover after news article, blog post, speech. The golden girl of Silicon Valley. Part of the new time 100 list. Only problem it didnt work. Did ms. Holmes know theranos could not do all those tests . Yes, she knew. This is a product that didnt work. Not only did they fool the investors all the nanotainers. They fooled patients, doctors. Elizabeth holmes charged with massive fraud. Elizabeth holmes and another former executive await a trial. Holmes pleaded not guilty. I am so incredibly humbled. Enough, Elizabeth Holmes. Listen, this company is a fraud. This is an investigation by the securities and Exchange Commission in the matter of theranos, inc. Elizabeth holmes, grilled by
Book festival from the washington d. C. Welcome to the National Book festival. I am windy meloni of the u. S. Copyright office and the library of congress. Before we begin please note we are reporting this presentation for later webcasting. If you ask a question during the presentation and you are giving us permission to include you in the webcast. Also please turn off all electronic devices. It is now my pleasure to introduce sally satel. Sally satel assists resident scholar at the American Enterprise institute. From 1988 to 1993 she was an assistant professor at Yale University where she remains a lecturer. Satel is the author of many scholarly articles and books including drug treatment, the case for coercion and pcm d. How Political Correctness is corrupting medicine. In brainwashed the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience, published by basic books in 2013, she and coauthor psychologist Scott Lilienfeld reveal how many of the real world applications of human neuroscience gloss
First book we are discussing here is devoted to education and competing visions of how children learn. Amandas book, the smartest kids in the world and how they got that way takes us to north and poland. Rland, she does this through the eyes of three American Kids learning in those school systems. Analysis r a unique of this. L the Washington Post says is is the most iluminating book ive seen, and the New York Times says this managed to make our culture look strangely new. Trust me, the conclusions have insights for kids of all ages as important parents. Amanda is an investigative journal with the times. Hes also the author of the unthinkable who survives when disaster strikes and why. Please join me in welcoming Amanda Ripley. Thank you. Is great to be here on many levels. One reason is this is the city in which i live. The other reason is i grow most of my articles in the library of congress. It was the only place where i could find some focus and peace. I had a new baby at the time
American consumers rightfully expect their personal information should be protected by their Financial Institution by their retailers, payment processors that neither federal government. Consumer should be left to hope and pray that all information will be safe every time despite their debit or credit card or rent your information online. They deserve protection. Today the committee will hear from representatives of organization to constitute major participation for the Payment System. We welcome their expertise and insight. My hope is they carried out for its members on both sides an opportunity to better understand what security measures are currently in place to prevent data breaches, how consumers are notified and what types of emergency technologies will help reduce the frequency and severity of breaches and what steps are being taken by the merchant in Financial Services communities to address the problem and where additional federal legislation may be warranted. I further hope t
Sponsors terrorism all over the world, a country that is developing long range rockets a country that we know has been working on acquiring a Nuclear Weapon capability despite and has always had a secret component to their plan will retain the ability to process uranium. Theres a reduction in centrifuges and in term tz of what they can do, in terms of research and development and the secretary of energy has laid this out clearly. Here the problem. Number one they retain all the infrastructure they wid need to break all those caps. Second enforcing such a deal requires there to be open, full inspections. Iran is saying they will not allow access to military facilities. Thats problematic. The United States does not acknowledge that would be the reality. They said these would be the most Intrusive Inspections yet and they have a year to stop any uranium development. We should never have retreated from the position that iran does not have the right to enrich uranium. We should have insiste